Stanislaw Szpinalski plays Paderewski's Menuet (rec. mid-1950's) скачать в хорошем качестве

Stanislaw Szpinalski plays Paderewski's Menuet (rec. mid-1950's)

The name of Stanisław (Leopold) Szpinalski became widely known when this exceptionally gifted pianist won a prize at the first Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1927. Born in 1901 in Krasnodar, the son of a musician, he first studied under the guidance of his father, then in Rostov-on-Don, then at the Moscow Conservatory, and finally in Warsaw with Aleksander Michałowski. He later became a pupil of Józef Turczyński at the Warsaw Conservatory, which he completed with distinction in 1924. In Paris he studied music theory under the composer Louis Aubert, and as a pianist he worked under the supervision of the Spanish virtuoso Ricardo Viñes, a friend of Ravel and an excellent interpreter of his works. After winning the prize at the Warsaw Chopin Competition, Szpinalski went to Morges, the residence of I. J. Paderewski. He remained there for four years under the artistic care of the great Polish pianist. After passing through such an exceptional school of pianism, Szpinalski began a concert career immediately on a grand scale. He gave concerts in London, Paris, Brussels, The Hague, Leipzig, Geneva, Madrid, and in 1939 appeared at the Philharmonic in New York, performing Karol Szymanowski’s Symphonie Concertante under the direction of Artur Rodziński. By this time, Stanisław Szpinalski was already an experienced pedagogue — from 1935 a professor of piano and later director of the Conservatory in Vilnius. After the Second World War he lived successively in Lublin and Łódź, where he worked as a professor at the Conservatory, and also in Poznań. In the postwar period he gave concerts in the Balkan countries, in London, the United States, and Canada. In Prague he performed at the concerts of the local music festival. From 1951 until his death in 1957 he was rector of the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw and simultaneously President of the Fryderyk Chopin Society. As a performer, Szpinalski embraced a wide repertoire spanning several centuries and several nationalities. He knew how to adapt his interpretive style. Alongside the great showpiece concertos with orchestra, he also excelled in the piano miniature. He introduced many Polish works — by Tadeusz Szeligowski, Witold Rudziński, Zygfryd Kassern and others — into the concert repertoire. Gifted with a lively and versatile intelligence, he possessed, as a pianist, the rare quality of imagination. LP transfer.